Cornel West and Philosophy

Clarence Sholé Johnson is Professor of Philosophy at Middle Tennessee State University. He specializes in early modern philosophy, ethics and Africana and African American philosophy.

• Acknowledgments Introduction: Cornel West's Philosophical Writings and Social Justice 1. Pragmatism and Existentialism 2. Humanistic Scholarship and Praxis 3. Black Prophetic Christianity and Marxist Social Thought 4. Black-Jewish Conflict and Dialogue 5. Affirmative Action and Proto-Marxism 6. Modernity, Philosophy, and Race(ism) Postscript: West, Public Intellectualism, and the Harvard Controversy Notes Bibliography Index

"...a formidable work of scholarship. As a philosophical scholar, Johnson has produced a readerly text that captures the reader's attention from beginning to end." -- Floyd W. Hayes, III, The APA Newsletter on Philosophy and the Black Experience"Nowhere in the literature on West -- and certainly not in West's writings themselves -- is there nearly such a good statement of West's views or one that organizes them into such a readily comprehensible structure. So, for someone who is looking for a good clear understanding of what really drives West's apparently unconnected views on so many matters, this volume cannot be beaten." -- Amazon.com". . .the best available introduction to West's thought." -- Amazon.com"...a welcome and intelligent assessment of West's philosophy and ethics and their engagement with issues of social justice and race." -- Seminary Co-op Bookstore Review"...a formidable work of scholarship. As a philosophical scholar, Johnson has produced a readerly text that captures the reader's attention from beginning to end." -- Floyd W. Hayes, III, APA Newsletter on Philosophy andthe Black Experience